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by Robin Leadbeater
Sat Oct 15, 2011 10:31 pm
Forum: Epsilon Aurigae
Topic: eps Aur's PI
Replies: 3
Views: 5042

Re: eps Aur's PI

"Dr Bob" Robert Stencel, University of Denver is the professional contact for anything connected with eps Aur. It is not a formal campaign though so it does not have a PI. He just encourages observations and advises observers. He can be found with other professionals and amateurs intereste...
by Robin Leadbeater
Mon Oct 10, 2011 2:17 pm
Forum: Spectroscopes and Softwares
Topic: Vspec bug when exporting as png or jpg
Replies: 2
Views: 4240

Vspec bug when exporting as png or jpg

Has anyone had a problem exporting from VSpec as a png or jpg? The bmp option works fine but if I try to save to a different folder than the current one, I get the file selection window which appears over the top of the spectrum printed instead of the spectrum. (see attached example) Robin 20080727-...
by Robin Leadbeater
Thu Sep 29, 2011 11:56 am
Forum: General Topics, Annoucements, Forum Life
Topic: "Latest posts" list ?
Replies: 3
Views: 5891

Re: "Latest posts" list ?

Thanks!
by Robin Leadbeater
Thu Sep 29, 2011 10:00 am
Forum: General Topics, Annoucements, Forum Life
Topic: "Latest posts" list ?
Replies: 3
Views: 5891

"Latest posts" list ?

As well as separate sections, the VdS forum has a list of the latest threads on the front page regardless of the section they are in. http://spektroskopieforum.vdsastro.de/ I find this is useful to keep up to date will all posts without having to go to each section in turn. (This is similar to the n...
by Robin Leadbeater
Wed Sep 28, 2011 10:47 pm
Forum: Outbursts, Alerts, Monitoring
Topic: HD 176630
Replies: 2
Views: 4958

Re: HD 176630

HD176630 activity is confirmed in a spectrum taken tonight (attached)

Robin
HD176630 confirmed activity
HD176630 confirmed activity
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by Robin Leadbeater
Wed Sep 28, 2011 6:19 pm
Forum: General Topics, Annoucements, Forum Life
Topic: Reading the forum in English
Replies: 1
Views: 4595

Reading the forum in English

A tip for non Francophones who would like to read the French posts. You can use Google to automatically translate everything into English. I have made a direct link here http://tinyurl.com/spectro-aras-eng I have not tried it but I expect it could be made to work the other way as well, translating e...
by Robin Leadbeater
Wed Sep 28, 2011 3:16 pm
Forum: Introduction / Présentation
Topic: Robin Leadbeater
Replies: 0
Views: 2849

Robin Leadbeater

I am Physicist by training and was a paper maker by trade (an R&D manager in the forest products industry) I got interested in the science side of astronomy when I retired in 2000, building my own cameras from webcam and video cameras which I used to dabble in many areas of observational astrono...